Spinal cord compression renders man paraplegic

Urgent surgery delayed; $3.5 million settlement

Urgent surgery delayed
$3.5 million settlement
The plaintiff, a 48-year-old male, went to the emergency room on March 27, 2008, complaining of right-side chest pain. He had a slightly elevated temperature and a white blood cell count of 16,000 (the normal WBC range is 4,300 to 10,800). His chest X-ray was normal.
He was discharged with a diagnosis ...